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Re: The best way to deal with bears.

I have met guys who hunt and eat crow, we have a season on them up here. I haven't ever tried it; or Jack Rabbit for that matter. Snowshoe hare is fine is a stew though.

I am of the philosophy that if you eat meat you need to be able to, or at least once, killed it yourself. Too many people take for granted that meat just comes from the store in a carbon monoxide gassed package. We have become too disconnected from our food. Right after I shot the bear this season I put a picture up on my FB page. One of my (ex) "friends" started yelling at me the next time I saw her.... "how can you do that, you are so heartless".... meanwhile she is wearing her lamb skin lined Uggs boots.

Every animal I harvest during hunting season I donate a pint of Blood to the American Red cross in honor of. Native tribes always had some ritual to honor the animal, so that is my modern day method.

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

I haven't eaten enough bear to have my own opinion, but the old timers I've talked to say that how well the taste depends on what they've been eating lately. When they've been eating berries they are pretty good and when they've been eating carrion they are pretty bad...

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

Originally Posted by Michael Bush

I haven't eaten enough bear to have my own opinion, but the old timers I've talked to say that how well the taste depends on what they've been eating lately. When they've been eating berries they are pretty good and when they've been eating carrion they are pretty bad...

That very well could be. The deer we shoot down in the corn belt taste a lot different then the ones we shoot in the north east.

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

Originally Posted by bluegrass

I have met guys who hunt and eat crow, we have a season on them up here.

Are the crows your talking about what we in the UK call Rooks, build lots of nests in the tops of the same trees, if it is then they are also eaten over here, usually they shoot young Rooks just as they are starting to leave the nest, shot off the branches with a small rifle which is specially made for this purpose and actually called a Rook rifle. The young Rook breasts are usually made into a pie.

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

Originally Posted by beekuk

Are the crows your talking about what we in the UK call Rooks, build lots of nests in the tops of the same trees, if it is then they are also eaten over here, usually they shoot young Rooks just as they are starting to leave the nest, shot off the branches with a small rifle which is specially made for this purpose and actually called a Rook rifle. The young Rook breasts are usually made into a pie.

Re: The best way to deal with bears.

I bet those rooks were especially delicious during the War of the Roses. Or they different from carrion crows? I have never eaten a crow but ate blackbirds when I was a kid and they ate well. Young boy playing mountain man. My trusty skillet, salt and a little jar full of grease led to sampling lots of birds and small animals. My Cajun friend ate lots of robins. Bear is good if it is not cooked so hard it is inedible--as many seem to feel is required. Now a young barbequed raccoon is absolutely delectable.